The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-26 00:00:00

V 0 V I l 6 F P~Fsp •R SONS SEEKING LANDED Tows AND cou,\TIZ TZESIDENOF:S, rl/01 , 1 ;;?"u AND Ll' k.SE , TOLD INVESTMENTS, AND To 'LIES GENLIALLI— tItroIi(4. HAI) GRATIqBrLwav Bookstalls a e pr,nciu ,litut the k . om or at the Auction , nnd Estate Offices, London, Messrs. E. and Lurnitos tf hoitli.l,ll6PEßTy lIEGIsTER," containing a varied selec tion 4n,1 mansion,pi now in the niatket, 119 . e %ha, !',41.,1 with its mantilla' domain, to ti 04NtIsith It few m a s ti rt3 Or PROPERTIEI S 111 '01.4 4 r can e- 11'0 1 .4 4 tf.' ('Prinrtunity that w t no to he of o this Let i ltw2mie m r . B ttte 0;„ 8e nclino• the particu'ars of their properties to the fif, Chatc-ry-lane, London, a s the Messrs. tuere th e 'II most cases int ro d uce immediate customers, I,euienesiiisadvan Wiesto eliAble cliariv ter, hereb avol o decay and its atte t nuant y incon , ut ap klaAe r . 8 NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or itr kiel th„ (Ittroduced throurrh Messrs. Lumley's Agency, A ue z io _fl!y the usual moderate commission. u and Land offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. rORK. S IT: ANT from LONDON to NEW 1 rtilliiithe British and American Steam Navigation Company i Sp:tn7 will DESPATCH one of the underip INewyn..,.ast Scr-w S.tearners "K TWICE EA.CH MONTH for ii.l,l)ON. Tons. Horse Power.. Capt. GLOVER. 1 \ j' , Y)31,,:, , ,: . .... 2,M)0 ..... SUO •-• • Capt. Couch 4J,„ Ili i \i'rt..l{,. 2,00 ..... 500 ••• " Capt. PROUD. .413/ 4 .„, ; ..... 9 500 i ll , itii: ..... 2 '' 500 •- • • 5 5 C 0 3) ::::: capt. HARRIS. Roinr,",Lraagnific.e.n.t. vessels are unsurpassed by any,eorciearne: tetewiT tl ar rier, and have aeco a mmodation for ~,"ikren. th every comfort. The Line will com Pa e s n se e n e'eaily in 4 0 le k i 1 o,_etict date to b liked in a latter announcement. m Po p f 4 the Victoria Docks; 41irmi,reaLilingr and apply 'fo the Company's Agents, ---,.., ea., 70, Cornhill. phovIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. cr,,„ TRUSTEES. "Illoi;48 flaring, RN, M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prescott,}sci.....„ 3 111 .e tinan k 0 Y, keg., hi p. Baron L. de Rothschild, s ai ra t - 0 , "78cfs8ssocotiast_io.n now numbers more lb n 7,0.0 members I T h A ""' L5(1,000 T h e e, An Income exceeds 9 2),G00 lilac Ruud exceeds 1i01i., 8 h ave been added to the participating 100,000 It to c ' e S tO the extent of Itke-aaPtlsea all the best features of purely Mutual Assur lk,4 , 10 4 1 ,,,r, 1 17 Of Management. Pro,„Y of Accounts ~P.i', fness and Liberality in Payment of Claims. roliire'al atteot' kunr,"' b y Whiel l ill avoidedon i Th e n l e l e• 1 1 0 directed ss t s to the system ofdiscontinuing %Nita h i c ' a rd are Prepared to appoint active and influential 44 ‘ (- lief 0 Places where the Association is unrepresented. 4 1p 15, 1 a II t E C s kr ,' ON . b ., norgate-street, , . . 41 '3'1,18 6 ,c -W3l. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. College,gvil4cpzitßesmsOoltOEYN,,x__AKNi•l7,:..;l„ sof London.— ' assisted by 'i'doei.kri9ill'oll'lV will giveauji from agt, r _ The fi rst L Wednesday Evenings, l T ,: , i E g tI C t. IIU O I s l di ln, t S oo 20th, to be continued on rn 4W Ednp 4 lI ORI , ` `tllr!' J9uar c y , iuRSE will - vtinz ez -idy atiet, AI'ENDEp 1 : e giv ' e lock ,Dig an „,, : u rid.a3r Morning fr_om Nine to len o c , nary 2,th, and will j le i T p tin D ue ., d r t r o in 3 c l i a p y a . l. C+( ) AICI r i „ /'rQ,i,tS/141„2ATE, HOUSE, AND GEN re E ci, R th A in L a. lio,,,;° 1 (1, o r I:''' AGENCY OFFICE ,Ilitttbe Le A GENCY Property, or having Business S.—persons and HARM% '0,110,117,, A 1 4 ,,1',°, , ei of, should apply o to 3 Gerrard-street, Valn at '. '"Eneer and Valuer, -0, W aY C o : 110 for p Pei:lB4lo4t! A i t t l e m n i t n s isj o rg e i o o t n e , d r . ire Claims, Rail .o V I tin atirt WATCHES, adapted for any el m im et a e t r e , Dl ex I coati zo,;:tilr • Wholesale and reta.„ neCnhtrroensoeconds, 4 r0ni 2 ,, , astroiloo zontal, vertical, repe s , tin_ "Ell, reversible, and cnron'ograph watches,. Et li,4lstrate7 guineas each. k J. Iv. Post freleironrpltiNvleot stamps.rice list of every description tiq ei Ilt ßr , 4 , 3 c' a rriak s ;,g, bY special warrant of a ) p v p A o t i e n s. tm m ep a t n w n a tsto tch . f.,„ ad 34, Luc4tße..gilth.lrinu of 1 1 ti E , ki t , Suppi v v ,l N I .GE WINE COMPANY ever i:t t , -8 , wiot,„“e Public, at a small advance . on wh r 2 ernis, T il l i , `'evY description of Wines and Spirits. Terms, s: pi ll ", iiit rii,,AG,,E COMIDA. SHERRY .. at ISs. per doz. ' II E vr,,' 4k6E C IIA3IPACNE. T ilt \ , '''T TAGE CLARET ,Is. ~ t !LlMie ''''T'r4UE PORT from 20s. ~ 4sTlirVailnatnleCAlericAl Testimonials, together with the Inns ee on i'ppilierantilonnac, containing. full detailed Price List, 1 1, tioo,Ponr Dozen Wine sent Carriage Free. "1,4 y-street Oxford=s d ors south of 'evir Oxford-street. 10 10 4.0 t" °ItPuRANI) --PITMAN'S PHONOGRA TRAcREit 6d . ; free by post, 7d. NRO RTR ANT , AN'S PHONOGRA "LANUAL. Freo by post, ls. 6d. () R ,„ ll '- „ ..1 ! ( ''' 11 11) 0 1 A N D.—" Pint AN'S PHONO efa ll i forms an exceedinzly efficient -probably Bill - SYstem of Sh irthand that exists."—Sir :)1 , 10 /'• I) ll ' Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. w/' T or BALSAM of ANISEED, P ro , "ros-',uGns, COLDS, SHORTNESS of °° l cli a rEd b v - "EXIII, INFLUENZA, &c. ' 411 th ' e r Z i llom As at lsf o L id ,wE O L,. 1 3_ol Band 6 2 lack i fi l i s tr p s e - r ro i r ) L o d t , tl a e n . d . l Is tr ° 1 11) , 1 11(31 , 3 LI) MEET THE EYE cc any o ;)tir tai,; pth Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or AGE WOO COC K'S ‘V IN D PI L LS. Li n ' tot : 1 11Q ‘,4,7,l,tbrity roves them of sterling merit. 3, 1 ,t414,0rs at is. lid. vnd 2s. 9d. ; or free by ria trona Page D. Woodcock, Chemist AI R SRS, ye ar ,e,xec ute k)011, „,"es . 12r,ket D ' r astlit s , JACKSON, AND CO. n(li-t P l 4 l : l ' er gliar - a',,; ( *S on all races throug•hout the Post"'N. Remittances. London and Od tires, ~L in g, thn Th :u•olaze Orders payab:e at Camber `,oreB, aterio o Cup George 9th - World " Wine "reet C KRON "Man of the (, - - • - alti berwell-park, London. itilkUTipT, uL w Powder, ("PiaTianig the Ira H °MEN-- A'a b a B ter Sahara. Cir eStiy 11 4 or, ArZaZ.c flo c k D ew W a ter from_ e 11:,1 4 , and „.!ohntt atil ati S2aps, and Alabaster Liquid. Thee ni ' 9 rnpl e .„., e toilet preparations render the hair. \ ''ller c'- '1 at siaLlon beautiful be ond comnarison.—Can be 4 eet It ricti y r Can i,ne RAC cl.'s y , 47A, New "tq-sn'srare, "44delitaiollaUlted daily. All communica io It I 7 p ----"' 1 1l 4 ." M R D A L —INTERNATIONAL ANCIS It EltE XHIBITION, 1862. , . „, T o th , e ß ' CO., Wax Chandlers, &C., a—. 4 1 , 11 q a v 'illi.eti and the nince of Wales. tlue, li tcrs , it (Established 17 C .? 1, 0.) 4 111 1 .,„ ‘ D th e e:port on Wa thend u h k ., ,:ctire ..;ellence of quality r ot Messrs. Tuckers' T u tsti n . \VIZ 411 d (.`!, 11 " blomitary, in a letter addressed to Francis `' , k ci i",,,,'' on tii'e subject of ~ I '''''' 4l) LES with PLATTED WICKS, tiN,11 1 ,,,, says : 4101 rt he , 4 11 , cl thent fully equal to the recpmmeudation,,' l ll ' 4 l ' tc; 4.`gern, and can sincerely, in my turn, - com purtiZ qui p ._ .e clergy for the use of the altar." V4ll qu'ili,lvith Platted Wicks, patented.. d. per lb. Eq t , t . tY .. .. .. Od. per lb. ktlit4e apll4 • ir; .14" d: ‘ri :: :: :: Yllalit iltE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. r th, Ili q, , ~ Nu ality .. .. .. .. .. ls. sd. per lb. ls. 3d. per lb. on Orders of Five Pounds in value. ... Is. ld. per lb. ollthm. ,htANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. I le --.°'t,.'l-atreet Grosveno--square. Manufactory- 4, 4ens in ' ''''t PAlabl ton (Established . i 730). of W i shm-...nt in Englana for the Manufacture 'IX Candles for the use of the Altar. W° RSDELL'S PlLLS.—These Pills °roa tt l N th ir Ni ;Pllr el E by pit 7ec,etable preparation, and may bP taken alMier sex without fear or danger : They act cilY yet effectually, ad b their fioe tont v c, ) 0, 4, 6 t orn! ,2tient properties, they remote all opessi e bet,Ml4ntll4';i3nlate the secretions of the liver and bowels, 11;,Lhty d',.,'"nach and purify the blood. Unlike many gp" Ntr'ktsit„,"", not fridu,e liability to take cold or esta ttirdy lor the habituNl use of p_urgatives ; and are k tecornmended as the BEbT AM U, 1 Nt" q tle p t ,l4_l l6l P%-a.IY John Kaye, E s( ' of Prospect Hall, " t li'L l ic11;":, Sold b all elieists'a . nd other dealers in " 4 %1° , at is l y id, 2s Od, and 4s Od. Wholesale treet, London. 0 1; ecoog rtt, r , kit„,,the q.,,, _ k„ka,, -i), n, k. t-r. ESK ELL'S INVENTION thein F a / i f ' '- ' 1 , 1 ,,A Pa t i t ion of ARTIFICIAL TEF,TII has - t -11 ePs ti 414 eeh 4 ' e S '—A set or teeth, of excellent work- et 4thritf.x,-. s--atllem, can be made and fitted with th t „1.%,1. 7,4Btie,lactiO,taey and success, in a few hours, withou °l' . 4 ::°4 s 1 stump, and to answer all the purposes e tti tCth t'LPinn-,',1 a rticulation They are fitted witl out I +l4' w!" heo- 'w an d adapt themselves so pertectly to the st (i • tit,',lire r. d „ quite immoveable, except at the option . %Al i a (I; lsethralids or residents in the country can ad- ,` l i+e'' , itiiirltist, rp3,Many chtng-cs of the mouth without tn s +4 1:4' 1 + , 111 1 ``leY are not so liable to injury, are always et, Net i alpt ~!.q lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. stamps.Tra klljfril )10,,otervect".• EskelPs Patent, &c., free for 7 ` Itt g cst tri en , and consultations tree.— B,Grosve o - k reet, w. ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir- st tllr ht t ! 44 1 °' aga, b M EDICAL BILL.—The Medicos -je qt rAr y e „ ?fore Parliament —Pay! pa:, 1 1 pay 1! 1 11 ..et It euo 7 1 aetr a , i ' l i Oh !oh ! ! oh !!! Who cads for these Luttt uari m fil l ,' t ,: l Is it the people ? No, but the . 44,: Let ft to Guinea Trade" in danger. Parlia tyet a 14 1, tak, been bamboozled enough by medical priest ti(flleillill'atedical h are Pi.ec,untry is not (unwittingly) placed ofrencciit9.sition, when people will have to say N:." dectl;eidoctor !.! !"fhe Court of QuFell h a e v irt L ook 4eillytedieal conacii interfereea l trot , with prettystate of Itiexhibi at the cases f Tow er l e ey s — a Hall Semple, Vtli at a _t It aeons ;,! We have tor n ars ast warned the 4 Ral t , ?%ay, we hr.l!ting towards a Mecicat Inquisition ! uy done our duty. a t i t ,„oti ., tor the Society of Ilygeists, who contend that " et erl,,roc,,e:d from one cause —viz.. impurity of 414/ilftezia actor flie3, claim the " M e di cal Liberty of the ktr Y , lB6; 41°(11 -Cines. very reason th a t they do not use ) 1,.- --- ky . 4 in, the ismß E ii - - 1„ INalecliate v* SPI rAL, Gray's-inn-road, 1ei 5 , 4 tr 0 ,,, , , lillia.,croicinity of the Great Northern Rail -11,4tre4 r'' , Ro o , ".. 41 , 1 ,, •-..uis, Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. , "nt....tii '°YalHiglines the • 4 1 1, 8 Gra ce ti s Prince of WALE C,K.G Itit„,„e 4 l iti _ e re" ttre _ le Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Itt,'l',,‘‘,h e' tl r_oa ki artar__dward Masterman, Esq. ? It 2 t .aile , l the Committeesick to entreat the bounty of the medical officer cases aily oblived ).,,, e'l,‘,so4,tiatietits many distres,inp;which with ?, 4 . "ise a ` ti lnds th I,t lie t r °I th e 't, e 7 w ould gladly admit into the Wards. ...capital are capable of containing. 500 11 o t t li i , t 4l l 4 ty ' Vtal Iht e4,4l,tribti'in endowed, but is wholly dependent o P.; *4 lt ßt f ,. ( !,.r. E c i,,, r °ns and legacies, which arerec received by n q',,,!N ae lo outt e acrd Masterman Esq l e n ve l o 1 , , 1 ' . , ,',, i t1ii .( t ,, 11 ah,rg Co. ; and Drummon d. Co. ; Herriees also ate 1.,, , , , t , t z , . Glyit-eit:,., Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, I tip l N (1 14 1 , 40 0 an'r Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay 1 1 „ 4 4 , y, a „,, Co. ;NV .Iliarns, Deacon, and Co. ; 'llpftencl c o ". Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; i lro • ; titipsarned and Co., Liverpool; and at DA to 6 TANFOI D S. SMITE Secretary. Lam' =~ N°. 22 , 335. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1864. L - IURNI FURS, CARPETS, R EDDING, and jr 1.00 RC LOT CA RBI AG E- VIZ to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every ariicle warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISFI are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and are publishing an entirely New Edition ot their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illastrated by 41.0 admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised tale : A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto i9l 11. 0 WHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER, THE y PANTOMIMES ? ➢fy dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. Naval and Military Inteligence. THE NAVY. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKU,LEN. IZINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISItY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It 14 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 38. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the prin 3ipal towns in England ; or wholesale at By the mail steamship Cambrian, whirs arrived at Ply mouth on Sunday, we l3arn that her Majoty's screw steam frigate Narcissus, 39, Capt, Joseph G. Bickford, flag of Itc a -- Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, li.o 8., alth the receiving ship Seringapatam, Capt. Jas. H. Coesburi, the screw stoma sloop Ariel, 9, Commander Wm. C. Chapman, and the cor vette Scylla, 21, Capt. Richard W. Coartenay, were in Simon's Bay on Dec. 21. The Ariel left the Mozambique Channel on Sept, 12. The paddlewheel steam frigate Va lorous, 16, Capt. Charles C. Forsyth, from Simon's Bay, arrived on Nov. 30 at Port Natal, and en Dec. 4 was pre paring to sail for the Mozambique Channel. Tho screw steam sloop Zebra, 17, Commander Charles G. Lindsay, which had been at St. Helena, arrived at Ascension on Dec. The directors state in their report that the rent of the railway for the six months (t 13,000) had been received from the Irish North Western Company by weekly pay • ments, less income tax. The transfer fees for the six months have amounted to £4 2s 6d, the interest received on deposit to £37 12s 2d. These, added to the balance brought forward from the last account, of £214 198 4d,• give the gross total of £13,306 its to the 31st Dec. last. From this amount the cost of conveyances and land, office expenses, and the inte• rest on loans from Government and on debentures, amount ing together to £1,549 12s, have been charged, leaving a disposable balance of £3,757 2s towards the payment of dividends and arrears. The directors recommend that the dividends, at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum to the 30th June, be declared and paid on the 12th February next, on the £3,C62 lOs stock B, described in the Act 1556 and 245 half shares; also the dividends, at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, on the £31,850 stuck A ; also the dividends, at the rate of 5 per cent., together with 1 per cent. on account of arrears, making 6 per cent. per annum on £247,737 lOs stock B, leaving a balance of £293 for the next account. The expenditure on capital account to the 31st December was £707,795. The total arrears of dividends on the B and C stocks, after those payments, will amount to £60,803. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Obgerve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." LANCASHIRE DISTRESS. Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable infbrmationto all requiring househ )1d turn iture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clerey men and' gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde , Ply mouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great PRESTON. There is still a "downward tendency" in affairs here, and during the past week there has been a very serious increase in the distress. At present there are about 1,000 more per sons in the receipt of relief, either charitable or parochial, than last week. A great increase is apprehended this week. A. few of the mills in the town have extended their hours of labour, but for every move in this direotion there are two in a contrary way. Manufacturers appear to be in a " fix ;" they want to open their mills fully, but dare not; prices are irregular and dangerous; stocks rise and fall, and continu ously fluctuate in quantity, quality, and value ; the basis of operation is superficial ; and until prospects become clearer and cotton cheaper, better, fuller in supply, and less sub jected to the whims of speculators, no.practical amelioration will ensue in the condition of the operatives. Just now cotton buying, and selling, and manufacturing seem to con stitute a game rather than a trade. In Preston there are 28 mills entirely closed, and 11,299 operatives totally out of work. The number working full time is 9,119 ; the number employed short time 7,006. In the whole union of Preston there are 5,344 cases of pauperism, including 14,367 persons, whose weekly relief costs upwards of £9OO. This week as compared with last there has been an increase of 152 cases, 420 persons, and nearly £3O in expenditure. In the town of Preston alone the aggregate number of parochial cases is 4,323, comprising 11,685 persons,'whose weekly relief costs over £750. Of the increase above named 144 of the cases and 392 of the persons live in Preston. The guardians have 2,144 ablebodied men and women in their employ. Today the guardians will make application to the Poor-law Board to borrow another sum of money to meet the expenditure of the union in excess of the amount raised by the rates. The local relief committee have at present on their books 3,912 cases, comprising 14,024 persons. As compared with last week, these figures show an increase of 130 cases and 478 persons. In the town of Preston the number of persons relieved by the charitable committee and the guardians is nearly 26,000. Last year at this time the number. was about 50,000. Active preparations are being made for improving and beautifying some of the public parks under the Public Works Act, but it is feared that much of the labour re quired will be too fine, too ela9orato for such unskilled la bourers as the operatives—and yet before the end many operatives may be brought into requisition. They appear to be very willing to learn, and many of them speedily initiate themselves into all the mysteries of spade and barrack work. In Preston there are hundreds of operatives who are now capable of competing with some of the very best la bourers in the country, and they have improved themselves in manual and muscular dexterity to such an extent and " acclimatised" themselves so rapidly to the duties of out door labourers that those who had no knowledge of their antecedents would be decidedly of opinion that they had been "brought up" to such like work, and had never touched a loom or a spindle in their lives. A circular has just been issued by the Preston Weavers Association, which shows what the operatives of the town in connection with the body named think of affairs gene rally, past, present, and prospective. The circular says : " We are emerging from a calamity such as the world never witnessed, and we hope will never witness again— and we rejoice to know, that, as a body, we have borne the affliction without any external aid from any quarter, and have stood together through the dire calamity with a for titude and 'patience that shows the value we set on our trade union; but we have, for soma time back, seen a ray of hope, and that ray is gradually expanding, and ere long will, no doubt, shine conspicuously. We have had this de pression in our trade to contend with now some three years, and we find that some of our employers have taken adtantage of that depression to lower our wages, and we _ _ 17, and, having refitted, left Jan. 2 for the West Coast of Africa. The iron steamship Wye, Commander V. G. Roberts, left Ascension on Dec. 2, for the West Coast, and was followed on the 17th by the screw steam gunvessel Philomel, 5, Commander L. Wildman. The paddlewheel steam sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander J. C. Wilson, from the Capo of Good Hope, arrived at Ascension on Dec. 24, and left on the 26th for England. The French ship of war Sarthe, from Cherbourg on Oct. 21, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on Dec. 8, and left on the 18th for Saigon. Le Sais, 8 guns, left Simon's Bay on Nov. 3 for Bourbon. The American ship of war Mohican, 6, from Rio Janeiro, on Sept. 16, left Cape Town on Deo. 19, and arrived at St. Helena on the 29th. Britain. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Depti ord bridge, London, B.E, Mr. Philip Thornton, assist. master shipwright at Wool wich dockyard, was yesterday appointed by the Admiralty acting master shipwright of Chatham yard, in the position recently occupied by Mr. Oliver Lang, who is about to retire from service on account of ill-health. In selecting Mr. Thornton the fill the post their choice has fallen on one of the most experienced iron shipbuilders in the service. He was selected about 20 years ago, and was employed in visiting the principal iron shipbuilding yards in the kingdom with a view to the information he could obtain becoming useful to the Royal Navy. Mr. Thornton's appointment augurs well for the service, as, in addition to his being the senior of his grade, he is a member of council of the Institution of Naval Architects, His promotion has given general satis faction. In accordance with instructions from the Admiralty, and at the request of the Chief Constructor of the Navy, one of the officials from the establishment of Messrs. Penn and Sons, who have been selected to manufacture the engines for the iron frigate Bellerophon, has been directed to pro ceed to Chatham dockyard for the purpose of making him self thoroughly acquainted with the new and simplified sys tem of construction intended to be employed in the hull of that vessel, This arrangement has been c msidered neces sary in order that the massive iron bearers, &c., for the boilers, engines, screw shaft, and other portions of the machinery may be incorporated in the hull of the frigate, instead of being placed in the ship independently, and with out reference to the frigate's frames, as is the case with the Achilles and the iron frigates hitherto built. By this arrangement, not only will the strength and rigidity of the Bellerophon be very considerably increased, but the expen diture in alterations and fittings for the machinery will be greatly reduced. It is calculated that the saving will be at least 100 tons of iron, costing not less than £2,000, in addi tion to an equal sum for labour. The only surprise ap pears to be that a similar arrangement has not been adopted in the iron vessels hitherto built. The following appointmenis were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. T. Yeatman to the Duke of Wel lington—Lieut. Spencer M. Wilson to the St. Vincent— Lieut. Adolphus F. M. Meyer to the Impregnable—John W. H. Harvey, master, to the Gibraltar —Edwin Fenn, assist•surg.; to the Victory—Andrew J. De Vismes, Geo. F. Clark, and Marshall Little, master's assistants, to the Hector—Albert Giles, F. C. L, Neville, and George W. Henderson, master's assistants, to the Prince Consort. Three of the old cast-iron guns strengthened on the prin ciple of steel and iron tubes have been tasted at the proof butt in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, with much success. The bore of the gun was enlarged so as to admit an inner tube of 21in thick throughout, constituting the increased strength. The first gun tested contained a wrought-iron tube, and withstood 100 rounds. The charge consisted of 281 b of powder and a cylinder, commencing at 601 b weight and increasing at each round. As it was intended to prove the guns, to use the technical expression, "to destruction," the trial was ordered to be resumed and the charge in creased. The gun was destroyed on the second day at the third round. The second gun contained a steel tube within one of wrought-iron. This gun burst into fragments at the first round. The third gun was strengthened with a wrought-iron tube only, and discharged 80 rounds without showing any indications of giving way. It burst at the Blot round. The trials were witnessed with much interest, as they tend to prove the great advantage of the principle by which an enormous inoi ease of strength is added to the old cast-iron guns of which the Government have an immense supply now lying useless. A seven-ineh cupola gun, rifled en Sir Wm. Armstrong's shunt system, and manufactured upon an improved prin ciple proposed by Mr. Anderson, Assistant-Superinten dent of the Royal gun factories at Woolwich, has been completed, and vb ill be shortly transported to her Majesty's gunnery ship Excellent to be tested against the 100. pounder smooth-bore gun, The same species of shot— namely, 100 pounds each—will be fired from both guns. By the appointment of Major-Gen, 8,. Low, to the colonelcy of the 98th Regiment, a pension for distinguished or meritorious service is placed at the disposal of his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief. think the time is fast coming when we shall be enabled to bring those employers up to the standard list of prices, which list has been adhered to by the general body of masters faithfully ; but wo cannot command lan guage strong enough to designate the conduct of those em ployers who took advantage of us in our hour of need to en • rich themselves out of our humble means, thereby enabling them to sell their productions at a less price than their neighbour who scorned their example. All honour then to those employers, and when trade resumes its wonted pro gress, our intercourse with them will be the better in cons°. quenc.. We have lately seen some encouraging statistics issued by several eminent firms in the cotton trade, all pre dicting an improvement in our trade, and this, coupled with the fact that large numbers of our body have emigrated —some across the Atlantic, others to the antipodes, and it is well known to all that there have not been many taught the last three years. These three causes combined must soon make themselves felt in our department, and will tend materially to prevent the recurrence of such a calamity as the one through which we hopo we have nearly passed. We have had an Emigration Society at our institution foe some time, but we are sorry that it has not had that mea sure of support we anticipated it would have received; but when we reflect on the difficulties of your position, the won der is that you have been enabled with your scanty means to exist at all, but we have it in contemplation to commence collecting weekly, and thereby enabling us to use our sur plus money, to remove such of our members to other lands as should desire it, thereby benefiting both themselves and us by making them customers for cloth instead of producers, and also by lessening the labour in the market, enabling us to avoid the necessity of resorting to strikes in future ; we therefore hope that you will coincide with us in this matter and pay the subscription cheerfully and willingly, and we have no doubt it will repay you a thousandfold." BLACKBURN. The great decrease of employment in the cotton manufac tories during the past fortnight is now being sorely felt. During last Thursday and Friday no fewer than 300 appli cations were made to the Relief Committee by persons whose families numbered 1,500 souls. The ablebodied in 90 cases, chiefly heads of families, were put to outdoor work on private contracts, and the rest had general relief administered to them. in this way the number of persons employed by the Labour Committee and the corporation on private contracts and on public works under the now Act has been augmented to nearly 1,200, little more than one third of whom are engaged by the corporation. The great bulk are employed on private contracts and in improve. ments in the parks by the Labour Committee, the funds of which are provided by the Relief Committee and the Board of Guardians. The great depression of trade has been felt throughout the union, and considerably increased the demands upon the public rates. In the Blackburn relief district there has been an increase of 595 recipients of parochical relief during last week, 4,956 persons having boon relieved with £264 4s 6d, against 4,61 persons with £221 15s in the preceding week. In the union the entire number of persons to whom parochial relief was administered was 6,768 at a cost of £371 2s 4d, against 6,236 persons with £324 2s in the past week, and 9,951 persons, with £317 9s 4d, in the corresponding week of 1863. Of those re lieved, 1,022 belonging to the Oswaldtwisle district received £65 is 7d, and 790 belonging to the Darwen district re ceived £4l 16s 3d. Taken collectively, it will be observed that last week the increase of recipients of relief in the Blackburn district only was quite 2,000 persons, or con siderably more than the increase of the previous month. It is also to be deplored that the condition of the cotton trade renders it almost certain that a large decrease of work will ensue this week in this district, especially in the weav ing departments of the extensive cotton manufactories of Blackburn and the surrounding manufacturing townships. WOODEN PAPER.—M. Barboux, a manufacturer of Poitiers, is said to havo made a discovery which will effect a revolution in the manufacture of paper. He has succeeded in manufacturing paper from various descrip tions of timber, such as oak, walnut, pine, and chestnut. and from vegetables, and without the addition of rags. Samples of various descriptions of paper are exhibited at the office of the Journal des lnventeurs. M. Bardoux asserts that his invention will cause a reduction of from 60 to 80 per cent. in the price of paper. 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The speaker grounds his conclusion on the assumption that the protocol maintains the rights of the Diet, as far as they de- pend upon treaties. But that cannot, under any circumstances, be the meaning of the London pro tocol. The principal article of that document, Art. 2, establishes the right of the succession in favour of Christian IX. to all lands under the Danish sceptre. It would have been useless to come to any conclusion had it been intended to annul one para graph by another. The last speaker has reproached us with doing nothing for ' Germany.' Gentlemen, there must be a great charm in the word 'Germany' —(very true)—for I see that every one wishes to speak of it, endeavouring to ;turn it to advan tage for party purposes. We have seen times when it was German to turn to the Diet for support, and when it was time to pursue a pro gressive policy towards it. Yon have reproached us with having ignored Germany in order to promote private interests. I can return the same reproach : you ignore Prussia because it suits you to do so—you wish to consider Prussia as a domain of the National Verein, because it suits your interests. The last speaker has brought forward an entirely new phrase—he said that the minor States inclined to Prussia for the maintenance of their indepen- deuce. The history of the last 15 years teachesquite the contrary; the minor States have inclined to Austria since the treaty of Bregeuz, because they considered their independence was more endangered by Prussia than by Austria. We have long had to contend at the Diet again3t the latter in consequence of the coalition caused by the natural anxiety of the minor States for the sovereignty, and I have myself participated in these contests. A new state of Schles- wig -Holstein, such as they wish for, would in a great measure look to us for support, for we should have a country which would be in the same position towards Denmark as a re-established Poland would be towards Prussia. Our object is to live in peace with the Scandinavian States. How are we to attain this object, if it is to be attained, does not depend upon us. The speech of the mover, and the con clusions which he drew from the present state of things, compel me to go further into the discussion than was my intention. We may presume, as we consider the speaker the representative of the ma jority, that you will reject the loan, and that I was deceived in [the confidence that I placed in you, Your principle motive for rejecting the loan is your want of confidence in the present ministry. I have therefore asked myself, ' What must we, th e Y ministers, do to gain your confidence ? It would have to completely ignore the Prussian constitution, the Prussian history, and the feel ing of the Prussian people, by consenting to establish the despotism of this house over Prussia, and sealing the continued depen dence of the crown upon this house by with drawing the counter-signatures, of the Ministers. You have plainly expressed this in the report, and a previous declaration from me that it was a ques tion of a struggle between the House of Hohen- zollern and the House of the Representatives has been confirmed. It is impossible to conduct a calm, orderly discussion with words with which the speakers combat us, for you will admit that that which would be allowable in individual deputies is is not suited to me in this place." The Minister then passed on to different parts of the report of the committee, and said—" At page 7 you make the right of the Crown on war and peace depend upon your vote. At page 8 you express a resolution to force the Government to action. That exceeds your constitutional rights. If anything can wrest the constitution out of the hands of the Crown it is this word. One dares no longer say, I act in the interests of Prussia, and I act as a Prussian. An open avowal of attachment to Prussian interests and Prussian nationality is on your part impossible, and well understood interest is naturally such as you understand it. At page 15 you say that at your bidding the King should carry on a war of conquest in order to win Sleswig for the Duke of Augustenburg. If we wish to gain your confidence we must give ourselves up to you. What then would the Ministers be other than Parliament Ministers, but with God's help it will not come to that. According to your version of our constitu tion, the King would be a personage with less in fluence over the affairs of Prussia than any influen tial functionary, with whom it is necessary to negotiate in order to obtain a majority. You dis avow our glorious past in not recognising our posi tion; and in placing Prussia under the majority of Diet, you place party interests above the interests of the country ; you do not feel, and your resolution proves it, for the Prussian people. This is why you wish to express certain suppositions in reference to the condition of the Prussian army, that very thing shows how far you are from the people. If the Prussian people felt as you do, I should have to say that Prussia had outlivvd herself. But we have not yet come to that. I remind you that Frederick William I. declared that before all he would break the power of the Junkers, and that he would sub stitute in their stead the sovereignty as a rock. This rock, gentlemen, is still in existence, and it forms the basis upon which rests the position of Prussia as a great Power, and that you shall not shake either by your resolution, your votes, or your National Verein. , z. _______ W-i-e-e,, NEWRY AND GREENORE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday, at Radley's Hotel, New Bridge-street—Mr. Wood house in the chair. The CHAIRMAN proposed that the number of directors should be reduced to seven, which, after some discussion, was agreed to, and Messrs. J. 0. Woodhouse, W. Henry, J. L. Carroll, E. Parker, S. H. Bunbury, J. W. Johns, and J. Overend were elected directors, and Messrs. Moore and Figgins were appointed auditors. After some observations on the promising nature of the undertaking, the meeting separated. ERIE. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the month of Dec. amounted to 1,044,214 dols, and for the same month in 1862 to 963,859 dols, sho wing an increase of 80,355 dole, It appears that the directors have decided on paying a divi dend for the half. year ending the 31st December last at the rate of 8 per cent. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The loss on exchange by the conversion of American money received for the carriage of through traffic on this company's line from the commencement of the current half year to the 9th inst. amounted to the sum of £29,460 13s 6d, and at that date there was a further sum of American funds still remaining to be converted of 110,510 dole 530. The receipts on the line for the week ending the Bth inst. amounted to £8,541, against £13,135 for the corresponding week last year, showing a decrease of £4,594, in conse. (pence of the traffic having been interrupted by snow and extremely severe weather. DETROIT AND MILWAUKEE. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the week ending the 7th inst. amounted to £2,537, and for the cor responding week of last year to £3,659, showing a decroase of £1,122. Very severe storms stopped the traffic for several days, as the steam ferry in connection with the American railways could not cross the Niagara. PUNJAUB. Tho recent inspection of the Mooltan section of this com pany's line is reported as having been most satisfactory. Trains had passed over 101 miles of it, The sleepers and ballast were being supplied abundantly, and the entire line from Lahore to Mooltan, 220 miles in length, was expected to be opened Ey the end of 18.64. It was also stated that a considerable seam of coal, believed to be of good quality, had been discovered at Pindadan Khan, about seven miles from the banks of the Jhelum. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the standing orders of both Houses of Parlia ment were declared to have been duly complied with in the following cases : London and North-Western—To enable the company to afford increased facilities for traffic between England and Ireland, and to make arrangements for the transmission and inter( hange of traffic between the ports of Dublin, Kings town, Dundalk, Greenore, Carlingford Bay, Liverpool, and Holyhead. South-Eastern—For three branch extensions to Addis combe-road, Croydon to Caterham, and toWesterham, with power to rzise £lBO,OOO by new shares, and to borrow£6o,ooo. Mettopolitan Grand Union—For the construction of 17 short railways to connect the main trunk railways in and near the metropolis. Tendring Hundred—To alter the line to Walton in Essex, Edgware, Highgate, and London—For an extension of the line to the Alexandra-park, to raise £96,000, and to borrow £32,000. Bedford and Cambridge—To raise an additional sum of £50,000, by new shares. South Cheshire—For the cmstruction of a railway from the Rossett station to Whitchurch; capital £200,000, and loan £66,000. Blackpool and Fleetwood--For a railway between these places; capital £BO,OOO, loan £26,600. London and South-Wastern—Kensington, &c., Exten sion. Among the cases of non-compliance with the standing orders were the Metropolitan District—For the construction of a main inner and a main outer system of railways within and around the metropolis ; proposed capital £8,000,000, loan £2,000,000 The ground of non-compliance was merely the non deposit of the plans with the Clerk of the Peaca for the county of Surrey until two days after the specified time. Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction—For new railways in the counties of Stafford, Salop, and Chester, to raise £500,000 and borrow £166,000. Tho grounds of non-com pliance were inaccuracies in the books of reference. The other cases of non-compliance upon other points in cluded the Daventry, Severn Valley, Wilmington and Drayton, and Neath and Brecon (Extension to Central Wales Railway), AN IRISH ROMANCE. The Cork. Examiner vouches for the truth of the following bit of romance in real life :—On Tuesday week one of the largest audiences ever assembled In Cork Theatre was attracted to it by the promised attendance at the performance of the for- hunters of the south of Ireland in full hunting costume. Con nected with this incident is a story which contains a strong spice of romance. A gentleman residing in Cork, of considerable eminence in the scientific world, as well as distinguished in the hunting field and in social circles, was recently at a ball near Queenstown, at which a young lady of great beauty was present. In the course of the evening the gen tleman, who had been but a short time previously introduced to the lady, managed to monopolise her conversation so much as to excite some little annoy ance among various other gentlemen present. Among these were two English officers, one of whom in the course of the evening made a remark to the Irish gentleman, which, by implication, meant that he would not be as successful in more manly contests. The Irish gentleman at once accepted the implied challenge, and said that if the lady would give him her bracelet to wear as a gage at the next day's hunt, which was to come off near Fermoy, he would undertake to come in at the finish before either of the two officers, and would then write a song to be dedicated to the lady, and in her praise, which he would get set to music, and afterwards have sung befere one of the largest audiences ever assembled in the Cork Theatre. The wager was at once ac cepted, £2O being the sum staked. The lady with much spirit gave her bracelet, the hunt came off, the gentleman wore it, and rode in triumphantly at the head of the field. He afterwards did compose the song, and got it set to music, and this was the pretty ballad which Mr. Bowler sang so charmingly after the opera. To secure the large house on that night the patronage of the foshunters of the south of Ireland was obtained by the gentleman who played such a prominent part in the transaction, and the highly successful result was to be found in the crammed condition of every part of the build ing. The next morning a letter was delivered to the hero of the adventure, containing a check for £2O, from his rival, with whom he had made the bet, who thus acknowledged our countryman's supe riority as a courtier, a cavalier, and a poet. FEDERAL AGENTS IN IRELAND.—A telegram from Queenstown says :—" Several persons, one of them a professional recruiting agent, arrived by the New York mail steamer on Saturday, and aro now in Dublin, with the avowed object of paying the passages of ' emigrants' to New York." 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AUSTRIA AND BAVARIA, The following is the precis of a despatch from Baron Schrenck to the Bavarian Minister in Vienna, of the 31st December, 1863, and of Count Rech berg's reply, of the 10th of January, 1864 : " Baron Schrenck commences by saying that as the London Treaty of 1852 is binding neither on the Diet nor Bavaria, in tha opinion of the latter the execution resolved upon against King Frederick VII., as Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg, could after his death no longer be proceeded with, but that those Duchies should be occupied by the Con federation in security of those rights which it is its duty to preserve. He is aware that i n the existing state of affairs such a course might lead to a general war ; but the responsibility would not lie with those who in defending these rights are fulfilling a sacred duty, while the chances of such a result are in his opinion, equally entailed if these rights are dis regarded. " Baron Schrenck goes on to say that the obliga tions by which Austria and Prussia are bound by the London Treaty are of a very doubtful nature; firstly, because that Treaty could only acquire the force of law after receiving the hitherto wanting sanction of the nearest heirs, and of the representa tive assemblies of the countries upon which it bears ; and secondly, because the Federal obligations of the two great Powers are anterior to the treaty, and because the conditions under which they entered into the treaty have never been fulfilled by the op posite party. Ho concludes by hoping that Austria and Prussia, in their own interest and in that of the Confederation, will declare the London Treaty of May, 1852, to be not binding on them, and will instruct their representatives at the Diet to effect a quick solution of the question of succession, to which Bavaria considers the claims of the Prince of A ugusten nech burgasberg, grounded on law. " Count in his reply, enters into a lengthy dissertation, to the effect that the Diet has no right of occupation, and that it is incompetent to pass any resolution in this sense. With regard to the proposal that Austria and Prussia should submit to be out-voted at Frankfort, he allows that the Federal laws ad m it o f no veto on the part of an individual member of the Confederation, and that the Emperor in his scheme of Reform had discoun- s vt ( : .. p ,2: iv . mi !nced any idea of the sort. This, ho, r i# 4 4k9A s7ol 'life pregumption that th e Di e t s ho u ld act,i,.p:ao74o;C; - .fi, i,trp,„ :nee with treaties, and should not, aceo t 14i - ggiirt *: l,l r_night be politically con ven i en t, pass any tt3F -see - 1 11 - a-: r %Niihau!: regard to Constit u ti ona l l aw . S u s; a writes Count Rechberg, that in d e f erence t o an/V- - cited public feeling the Diet were to adopt arbitrary measures in regard to Bavaria, that country would surely resist; and she must, therefore, acknowledge that the effect of the vote of the majority must be in some measure restricted, especially when there is a question of imposing a line of ccnduct upon Aus tria and Prussia which would bo in contravention of their obligation as European Powers. " With regard to the succession question, the Diet ie perfectly independent of the London Treaty. But Austria and Prussia must demand of it not to treat this question arbitrarily, but keep strictly within the limits of le,w and of its competency. King Christian IX, did not mount the throne by virtue of the Lon don Treaty, but of the law of succession, made by his predecessor in his capacity of King of Denmark and of Doke of Holstein and German Prince, and countersigned by the German and Danish Ministers on the 31st of July, 1853. " The Diet never protested against this law, while by its resolution of the 29th of July, 1852, when the London Treaty was already concluded, it ap proved the Danish proclamation of the 28th of January of the same year, which was to the same purport as this law. It is true the Diet can still exercise its authority against the carrying out cf this law as far as it affects Holstein and Lauenburg but it can only do so in a constitutional manner, and it cannot act without affording a proper hearing to all parties concerned. " Count Rechberg continues : "' We cannot too deeply regret the opposition made to the Austro-Prussian proposal in the Diet, which goes to the utmost limits that are reconcilable with the defensive character of the Federal institu- tions, while those limits are overstepped by the Hessian project. Article 2 of the Federal Pact, Articles 35 and 37 of the Final Act of Vienna, for bid the Confederation to occupy a non• German country in order that a Prince who is not yet re cognised as a Federal Prince may possibly at a future period apply to the Confederation to establish his claims on such country. " ' When the Emperor proposed to extend the right of the Diet to make war to cases in which the balance of power in Europe was threatened, his Majesty's fellow-princes rejected the proposal be cause it might have the effect of entangling the Con federation in political complications. And yet the Diet is to be now entitled to assume the offensive for the sake of securing to a Pretender the succession to a country which does not belong to the Confede ration. ‘" Or, on the other hand, is the actual occupation of Holstein—actual in spite of the resolution of the Diet—to be deemed satisfactory (geniigend)? Ie Prince Frederick, while his case is still pending, and his appearance in Holstein places the conduct of Austria and Prussia in a dubious light, to be allowed to organise his future government under the protection of the Federal troops, with the denger of Europe presently finding Holstein in the pos session of Germany and Schleswig in that of Den mark? Austria and Prussia will take the respon isbility neither for this nor for a covert conquest of Schleswig, and as they possess full means as great Powers of establishing the rights of Germany in this matter, no choice is left to them bat to take the case into their own hands, instead of abiding by Federal resolutions, which are either dilatory in their nature or devoid of constitutional character. "' We will, however, hope as long as possible that our language, which, however serious, is meant to be friendly, will find an echo with our allies, and will deter them from bringing affairs in Germany to a rupture. We hope this especially of the Cabi net of Munich, which has so often shown its wisdom. in former complications, and of which the influence would serve to bring other States round to the views of Austria and Prussia, and thus prevent a dissolu tion of the unity of Germany on the point at issue, We cannot conclude without expressing our convic tion that this question will be solved with honour or loss to Germany according as Germany respects or transgresses the bounds within which she is legally restricted.' " Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS. " This story is uniformly alluring and interesting. Miss Edwards possesses many of the finest attributes which dis tinguished Charlotte Bront&. She has the strength without the rudeness which marked that memorable book, Jane Eyre.' She has richness and originality of fancy, and fine artistic taste, beyond those of Miss Bronte."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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GI THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting; of Soup, Fish, Entrée, Joint, Sweet, ,tc., is served daily from 3 to 9, and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30. Private Rooms for large or small parties. JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. T" oxF ORD, A, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA. DEL DESTINO — Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses :Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, SN almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Hulett, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Solos on the 'Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by INrr SCIIALKENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any oiler man"), Eugene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, George Hutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. CANTERBURY HALL.—THE GHOST in the MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans formdtion Scenes cf the Season—one of the most beautiful effects ever produced. The scene, "The Tempest;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ariel through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public Press. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab ishment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, G. Ilutchenson, J. Jester, T. Maclagan, &c. Admission, ed. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- Another GRAND CHANGE of PERFORMANCES. —FRANCOSPS CIRQUE IMPERIAL still continues to attract most fashionable and crowded houses.—First week of the 'inters Irma and Mathilde Monfroid, the only accom plished female riders in England—Jules Perez, the star rider of the world—J. S. Case on the magic wire —Patterson's troupe of performing Dogs—B. Franeoni's wonderful trick horses— Arthur and Bertrand, the unequalled French Clowns —together with the whole of the double company will ap pear at each representation. Illuminated day pert ormances on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at Two o'clock; evenings at halt-past Seven. Admission rrivate Boxes, 215.; Ith/served Seats, 3s. ; Stalls, 2s. ; Promenade, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- The wonderful Performing* Elephant AJAX on SATURDAY MORNING NEXT, the 23d instant, at Two o'clock, and at each subsequent representation for a limited period. 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Suspected Poisoning in. the West of England, On Saturday an inquiry took place at Crotch's White Hart Hotel, Hayle, information having been laid against Richard Oke Millett, surgeon, of Penpol, near Hayle, charging him with having administered poison to his bro ther, Jacob C. Millett, with intent to cause his death. The accused was present, and Mr. Downing, of Redruth, ap peared on his behalf. Mr. Roscarlo, of Penzance, prose cuted. The main facts of the case, as far as they have yet been elicited, are these :—lt appears that Jacob Curnow Millett, an elderly man, had been living with his brother (the accused) at Permed, in the parish of Phillack. For nearly a month prior to his decease he had been suffering from a cold. His brother had recommended him to stay at home, but on one or two evenings he went out to go to chapel. On Christmas-eve the servant noticed that his cough was worse than usual, and on the morning of the 3O th ul. he said that ho felt very poorly. t , i n Dinneranswoenr that to herday in qvzy served up at two o'clock, and consisted of roast beef, garnished with horse-radish, potatoes, savoys, and turnips. Those who sat at the table were the deceased, the accused, and Miss Davey, and her nephew, Master Rawlins, who were on a visit to the house. The deceased is stated to have eaten with unusual hearti ness, partaking of the beef and vegetables, and ale, and also eating one baked and four raw apples. At the conclusion of the repast the deceased went upstairs to his bedroom. The accused and Miss Davey afterwards went to the apple chamber, a few minutes' walk fram the house, and Master Rawlins left the house for the purpose, it is supposed, of going home. The deceased, it appears, had been in the habit of going to his bedroom for a n h our ever y d a y after dinner, and on the day in question, after remaining there about his usual time, he called the servant to get him his hat and coat, stating that he wanted to go out. The servant supplied him with these things, and had returned to the kit chen, when he again called to her, and t o ld h er t o bring him a glass of cold water, complaining of thirst, as he had also done in an earlier part of the day. She took him a tumbler of water immediately, which he drank, and she then continued her work. She afterwards found that the deceased had not left the house, but was standing in th e d raw i ng - room , rubbing his forehead with his hand, Which was a common practice with him. She asked him what was the matter, and he said he did not feel well, and that he had a pain in his stomach. The servant then went to the apple chamber, and called her master, and he came into th e h ouse . B y hi s advice a glass of brandy was given to the deceased, and the accused returned to the apple chamber. The deceased said he thought he would go out for a walk, but after some per suasion from the servant he remained at home, and asked for a glass of whisky, which ho drank. The deceased sub sequently became worse, and he wa s t a k en up to bed in sensible, where ho vomited several times, and threw up a portion of what he had eaten for dinner. He died on the following morning. Nothing was administered to him for twelve hours before his death. An inquest was held on the body, and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from natural causes. Since the body was interred a suspi cion has arisen that the deceased had been poisoned. Upon the information of Mr. William Millett of Hayle, brother of the deceased, and Mr. Frederick Edmonds, M.R.C.L.S., the Home Secretary, Sir George. Grey, gave an order for the exhumation of the body. This was done on Wednesday last, and certain portions of the body were sent for analysis to a medical man. The result of his examination, communi cated by telegraph, was the issue of a warrant on Friday last by the Rev. Uriah Tonkin, county magistrate, and the same evening the accused was arrested at his residence. The in quiry, which is exciting the utmost interest in the neigh- bourhood, was adjourned till Thursday next, the magis trates declining to accept bail for the appearance of the ac cused. A portion of the cross •examination seems to point to a suspicion of the use of strychnine. There are rumours concerning the recent making of a will by the deceased, under which the accused would benefit, and that there had been unkindness on the part of the latter towards the de ceased. The deceased, Mr. Jacob Curnow Millett, and the prisoner, his brother, were in very easy circumstances ; the former had always lived on his means, and the latter had given up, or all but given up, his practice as a medical man in Hayle. Deceased was about 50, and the prisoner about 48 years of age,— Western NOrtitn.q "Captain Bowler" and his Friends. A person, calling himself "W. P. Bowler, lato captain and adjutant of the Donegal Militia," was some clays ago apprehended in Scotland, under somewhat singular circum stances. He called upon the Marquis of Tweeddale, and set forth a story which will be best gathered from the following " memorial to the Duke of Cambridge," which ho seems to have carried about with him :—" That your memorialist is the son of an officer of the royal navy, who for conspicuous services was presented with a valu able sword from the Patriotic Fund, and who died of wounds received in the service. That your memorialist, having inherited no means, entered the Royal Artillery, in order to qualify for a commission in the Marfale Artil lery, his name being on the list at the time. Y our memo rialist did not, however, succeed in that expectation, but influence being made otherwise with Government, he ob tained in 1344 an appointment at the Post•office, Dublin, which he held for 11 years. In January, 1855, 'during the hostilities with Russia, your memorialist was, feum his post office appointment, on the strong recommendation of sewral general officers of his former regiment, presented by the Earl of St. Germans, who was then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the adjutancy of the Donegal Regime .nt of Militia Artillery. Shortly after the corps was em'oodied, your memorialist was deprived of his commission on the ground of not being qualified to drill the regiment. It would be unbecoming in your memorialist to question the exerc:se of the power confided in the Lord Lieutenant by the Act 18 Vic. cap. 19—viz , to displace at pleasure any officer of tho Irish Militia; and yet he doubts not, had his Excellency been aware that the Civil Service Act would have come into operation during the short time your memorialist officiated as adjutant, he never would have been influenced to remove him. That your memorialist, with a wife and helploss 'amily, being now reduced to a destitute position, and IT reason of his age (40) precluded from admission to th o Post-office, or from obtaining any other appointment in.: the civil service, humbly implores your Royal Highness, in consideration of his father's claims, and the loss he has sustained in the present instance, to grant him employment in a military capacity." He further produced a sort of cer tificate to the genuineness of his story, which purported to be signed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Arch bishop of York, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Lord Clerk Register, eight judges of the Scottish Court, about 20 peers of the realm, and numerous baronets and M.P,s. 8.,v various representations he induced Lord Tweeddale to ap pond his signature to this document, and also obtained a sum of money from his lordship. Shortly after the marquis had given his money and his testimony, he heard that some of the events in the history of Captain Bowler were not pre cisely as he (the marquis) had certified, and the captain was deposited in Haddington Gaol. The marquis, not de siring that, in the event of the captain getting free, the document should receive further signatures in considera tion of those that were there already, applied, it is said, to the captain for the removal of the name "Tweeddale" from among its distinguished compeers. This request the captain indignantly refused, and the marquis has, therefore, applied for an interdict against him, and also against the Procurator Fiscal of East Lothian, into whose hands the captain and his affairs had fedlen, pro hibiting them from permitting the document bearing the marquis's signature to pass out of their hands, or obtain any further circulation or popularity. The Scotstuan says —"lt is understood that, as soon as Capt. Bowler, in the apartments provided him by the public authorities of East Lothian, received notice of this action, he repented of his inveteracy towards the marquis, and deleted the signature of Tweeddale But he was rather late, for not only had the action gone beyond recall, but his detention at Haddington. had given an opportunity to some other distinguished friemds of his in Shropshire, to a safe place in which region t vo Salop policeman have in the meanwhile removed him." NORTII-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The recent t ra ordinary accident near Copmanthorpe, where a train rolled over an embankment, is likely to cost that company some thing in compensation. The most serious case of injury was to Mr. Allen, a commercial traveller for the firm of INlessrs. IL E. and J. Soulby, of Malton, who, after lyinc , some time at Leeds, is now able to walk about again, and has returned to Malton, but is still unable to attend to buslnees. HUNTING ACCIDENT.—During a run with Mr. Johnstone's hounds on Friday, in the neighbour hood of the Dalby Moors, North Riding, a serious accident occurred to Mr. Parkinson, solicitor, Pickering. In taking a low rail fence, with a considerable drop to lower . ground beyond, Mr. Parkinson's horse fell, throwing him violently to the ground, and rendering him s enseless. .S.iveral gentlemen at once dismounted, an d by attention Mr. Parkinson sufficiently recovered to ride home. It is feared, however, that concussion of the brain has occurred, and on Saturday night Mr. Parkinson's friends gave little hope of life. .s?'n - r~ Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., I L D F I R E. By WALTER THOR R NBUY. " Wildfire' will undoubtedly add considerably to Mr. Thornbury's reputation. The reader seems to live and move among the characters of the book, so vivid is the interest, so clear the narrative."—Post. " The best novel Mr. Thornbsry has written."—Mes senger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. >~/ 5